Krillion prompt · November 4, 2026
Name something that's mined from the ground
Krillion accepted 1,959 answers for this prompt in Dive #112. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gem and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 1,959 accepted answers, this prompt is about 3.0 times wider than a typical Krillion prompt (about 658).
- 1,809 answers (92%) are Deep Cuts and 112 are Rare, while 5 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Mud +60 Tin +60 Jade +60
Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Coprolite
Victorian Cambridgeshire had a coprolite mining rush for fertilizer.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Abbey rose
- Aberdeen granite
- Absolute Black
- Absolute White Marble
- Abtswind Sandstone
- Academy Black granite
- Acajou gneiss
- Achroite
- Acquatic Quartzite
- Actinium
- Actinolite
- Adair sepia
- Adamellite
- Adamite
- Adnet marble
- Adularia
- Aegirine
- Aeschynite
- Afghanite
- African Rainbow Granite
- Africano
- Afyon marble
- Agalmatolite
- Agatha Black Granite
- Aggregate
- Agra red sandstone
- Ahlat stone
- Aikinite
- Ailsa Craig granite
- Aji stone
- Ajoite
- Akadama
- Akmara marble
- Alabandite
- Alaska White
- Albanel stromatolite
- Alberene stone
- Albertite
- Albite
- Algodonite
- Algonquin limestone
- Alibates flint
- Alkali feldspar granite
- Allanite
- Allure Quartzite
- Almandine
- Alpedrete granite
- Alpine summer
- Alpine Valley Granite
- Alta quartzite
- Alum
- Alum shale
- Alunite
- Amarello Ornamental Granite
- Amatrice
- Amazonite
- Ambaji marble
- Amblygonite
- Ametrine
- Ammolite
- Amosite
- Amphibolite
- Analcime
- Anamosa Limestone
- Anatase
- Ancaster stone
- Andalusite
- Andamooka opal
- Andean opal
- Andeer granite
- Andes Black Quartzite
- Andesine
- Andino White Granite
- Andorite
- Andradite
- Angaston marble
- Angelica Gold Travertine
- Angelite
- Angers slate
- Anglesite
- Anhydrite
- Annabergite
- Anorthosite
- Anröchte Stone
- Anthophyllite
- Anticostie gneiss
- Antimony
- Antique Fonce
- Antlerite
- Antozonite
- Anyolite
- Apache tears
- Apatite
- Apica gneiss
- Aplite
- Apophyllite
- Aqua mist
- Aquia Creek Sandstone
- Arabescato marble
- Arabescus White Marble
- Aragonite
- Arbroath stone
- Arctic Green
- Arctic Sand Granite
- Arctic white
- Arfvedsonite
- Argentite
- Argillite
- Argyrodite
- Ariston
- Arizona flagstone
- Arkose
- Armenian bole
- Armenian tuff
- Arrojadite
- Arsenopyrite
- Asbolane
- Ash brown
- Ash rose
- Ashford Black Marble
- Aspen White Granite
- Asphaltite
- Astoria Granite
- Astra gneiss
- Astrophyllite
- Aswan granite
- Atacama Black Marble
- Atacamite
- Atlantic Black
- Atlantic pink
- Attapulgite
- Audacia Quartzite
- Auerbach marble
- Augelite
- Austin limestone
- Austinite
- Australite
- Autumn brown
- Autumn Harmony
- Autumn Slate
- Autunite
- Avalon White Granite
- Aventurine
- Avessac sandstone
- Axinite
- Azomite
- Azul Celeste Granite
- Azul Imperiale Quartzite
- Azul Macaubas
- Azul Platino Granite
- Azul Treasure Quartzite
- Azure Mist Granite
- Azurite
- Azurmalachite
- Bäch sandstone
- Baddeleyite
- Ball clay
- Ballachulish slate
- Ballas
- Balmoral Red
- Baltic Brown
- Banded iron formation
- Banket
- Banktop
- Bansi Paharpur sandstone
- Banswara marble
- Bardiglio
- Bargate stone
- Barite
- Barnack rag
- Barre granite
- Basaltic andesite
- Basaltina
- Basanite
- Bastite
- Bastnasite
- Bath stone
- Baumberge Sandstone
- Bayfield brownstone
- Bayldonite
- Bear Gulch Limestone
- Bearl
- Bediasite
- Beer Stone
- Bekhen stone
- Belfast Black
- Belgian bluestone
- Belgian marble
- Belleau sandstone
- Beluro
- Belvedere Quartzite
- Benitoite
- Bentheimer sandstone
- Bentonite
- Berea sandstone
- Bern Sandstone
- Berthierite
- Bertrandite
- Beryl
- Beryllonite
- Betafite
- Betchouan
- Bethersden marble
- Beudantite
- Bianco Antico Granite
- Bianco Frost Granite
- Bianco Romano
- Bianco Sardo
- Bidasar marble
- Bigio antico
- Bikolite
- Billitonite
- Binghamite
- Biotite
- Birch White
- Bischofite
- Bismite
- Bismuthinite
- Bismutite
- Bismutotantalite
- Bituminous coal
- Bituminous limestone
- Bixbyite
- Black daniel
- Black Galaxy
- Black Pearl Granite
- Blackband
- Blavozy sandstone
- Blaxter
- Bloedite
- Blue Antique
- Blue Bahia
- Blue Fusion
- Blue John
- Blue lace agate
- Blue Lava Quartzite
- Blue Pearl
- Blue quartz
- Blue Roma Quartzite
- Blueschist
- Bluestone
- Boehmite
- Bog iron
- Bog oak
- Bohus granite
- Boji stones
- Bole
- Boleite
- Bollingen Sandstone
- Boracite
- Bornite
- Borolanite
- Boston Bar
- Botswana agate
- Botticino
- Boulangerite
- Boulder opal
- Bourgogne stone
- Bournonite
- Bowenite
- Božanov Sandstone
- Brač stone
- Braggite
- Brannerite
- Braunite
- Brazilian slate
- Brazilianite
- Breccia
- Breccia Pernice
- Brèche de Bénou
- Breithauptite
- Brewsterite
- Briar Hill sandstone
- Brickearth
- Brine
- Brisbane tuff
- Britten Sandstone
- Brochantite
- Bromine
- Bronzite
- Brookite
- Brownstone
- Brucite
- Brun castor
- Bruneau jasper
- Buckingham slate
- Bucova marble
- Buhrstone
- Bumblebee jasper
- Burdur Beige
- Burgpreppach Sandstone
- Burgsvik sandstone
- Burlington slate
- Burmese amber
- Bustamite
- Bytownite
- Cacholong
- Cadmium
- Caen Stone
- Caithness flagstone
- Calabash chalk
- Calacatta Macaubas Quartzite
- Calacatta marble
- Calacatta Montreal Quartzite
- Calamine
- Calaverite
- Calcarenite
- Caledonia granite
- Caledonite
- Caliche
- California Gold Slate
- Californite
- Callais
- Calomel
- Cambrian black
- Campan marble
- Campbellite
- Canadian Mahogany
- Canasite
- Cancrinite
- Candoglia marble
- Cannel coal
- Cantera
- Caravelas Gold Granite
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbonado
- Carbonatite
- Carboniferous Limestone
- Carletonite
- Carnallite
- Carnotite
- Carrara marble
- Carrollite
- Carrstone
- Carthage marble
- Cascade coral
- Cassel earth
- Cassiterite
- Catacleuse stone
- Catapleiite
- Catcastle
- Cavansite
- Ceara White Granite
- Celestite
- Cerium
- Ceruleite
- Cerussite
- Cesky Sternberk marble
- Cetechovice marble
- Chabazite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcedony
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chambersite
- Chamosite
- Champenay sandstone
- Charcoal grey gneiss
- Charlesite
- Charlestown limestone
- Charlevoix stone
- Charnockite
- Charoite
- Chert
- Chiancarelle
- Chiastolite
- Chicken-blood stone
- Chilmark stone
- Chilton stone
- Chiluca
- Chiolite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chlorastrolite
- Chondrodite
- Chrome chalcedony
- Chrome diopside
- Chrome tourmaline
- Chromite
- Chromitite
- Chrysanthemum stone
- Chrysoberyl
- Chrysocolla
- Chrysoprase
- Chrysotile
- Chunar sandstone
- Cinnabar
- Cipollino
- Cirrus Gray Quartzite
- Clausthalite
- Claystone
- Cleveland ironstone
- Clinochlore
- Clinohedrite
- Clinohumite
- Clinoptilolite
- Clinozoisite
- Clintonite
- Clipsham stone
- Clunch
- Coalbed methane
- Cobaltite
- Cockercombe tuff
- Cockeysville marble
- Coconino Sandstone
- Coffee Brown Granite
- Coffinite
- Coking coal
- Cold Spring granite
- Colemanite
- Collyweston stone slate
- Colonial Cream Granite
- Colonial Ice Granite
- Colonial White
- Colorado red sandstone
- Coloradoite
- Coloritt marble
- Columbite
- Columbus Limestone
- Combarbalite
- Concretion
- Condor agate
- Conglomerate
- Connemara marble
- Cooperite
- Copal
- Coquina
- Coral stone
- Corallian limestone
- Cordova shell
- Cornberg Sandstone
- Cornbrash limestone
- Cornbrash Sandstone
- Corncockle
- Cornish granite
- Cornish stone
- Cornwallite
- Corsehill
- Corundum
- Costa Esmeralda Granite
- Cotham Marble
- Coticule
- Cotswold stone
- Cotta Sandstone
- Cottonwood Limestone
- Covellite
- Crab Orchard Sandstone
- Craigleith Sandstone
- Crazy lace agate
- Creedite
- Crema Atlantico Granite
- Crema Caramel Granite
- Crema Marfil
- Creole marble
- Cristallo
- Crocidolite
- Crocoite
- Crottendorf marble
- Cryolite
- Cryptomelane
- Crytos Quartzite
- Cubanite
- Culm
- Cumberlandite
- Cuprite
- Cuprosklodowskite
- Cygnus Granite
- Cylindrite
- Cymerig Limestone
- Cymophane
- Czaple sandstone
- Dacite
- Dakota Sandstone
- Daleti marble
- Dali marble
- Dalmatian jasper
- Danburite
- Dark caledonia
- Dark steel
- Darley Dale stone
- Dartmoor granite
- Darwin glass
- Datolite
- Davidite
- De Lank granite
- Dębnik limestone
- Dębnik marble
- Decomposed granite
- Deer Brown
- Deer Isle granite
- Deister Sandstone
- Delabole slate
- Delicatus
- Demantoid
- Denali Quartzite
- Dendritic agate
- Denizli travertine
- Dent Marble
- Deoli green slate
- Descloizite
- Desert Beach Granite
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Agate
- Alabaster
- Alexandrite
- Amber
- Andesite
- Anthracite
- Aquamarine
- Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Barium
- Basalt
- Base metal
- Bauxite
- Beryllium
- Bismuth
- Black opal
- Bloodstone
- Borax
- Boron
- Butane
- Calcite
- Calcium
- Carbon
- Carnelian
- Cesium
- Chalk
- Chromium
- Citrine
- Cobalt
- Cobblestone
- Coltan
- Crushed stone
- Diatomaceous earth
- Diorite
- Dolomite
- Dripstone
- Ethane
- Feldspar
- Fire opal
- Flagstone
- Fluorite
- Fossil fuels
- Gallium
- Garnet
- Geode
- Gypsum
- Helium
- Hematite
- Himalayan salt
- Iridium
- Jade
- Jasper
- Kaolin
- Lava rock
- Lead
- Lignite
- Limestone
- Magnesium
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Manganese
- Marble
- Mercury
- Mica
- Moonstone
- Mud
- Natural asphalt
- Neodymium
- Nickel
- Oil sands
- Oil shale
- Onyx
- Palladium
- Peat
- Peridot
- Petrified wood
- Phosphate
- Potash
- Potassium
- Precious metal
- Propane
- Pumice
- Pyrite
- Radium
- Rare earths
- Rhodium
- Rose quartz
- Sandstone
- Shale
- Shale gas
- Shale oil
- Silica sand
- Silicon
- Slate
- Smoky quartz
- Soapstone
- Sodium
- Stalactite
- Stalagmite
- Sulfur
- Talc
- Tanzanite
- Tiger's eye
- Tin
- Topaz
- Tourmaline
- Tuff
- Tungsten
- Turquoise
- Uranium
- Vanadium
- Zircon
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Aluminum
- Amethyst
- Clay
- Crude oil
- Crystals
- Dirt
- Emerald
- Flint
- Fossils
- Gemstones
- Granite
- Graphite
- Gravel
- Iron
- Lithium
- Metal
- Minerals
- Natural gas
- Obsidian
- Opal
- Ore
- Platinum
- Quartz
- Rock
- Ruby
- Salt
- Sand
- Sapphire
- Titanium
- Water
- Zinc
Too Clever
The “obscure” pick that isn’t actually that obscure.
- Lapis lazuli
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Coal
- Copper
- Diamond
- Gold
- Silver
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